{"id":22190,"date":"2025-06-25T22:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T22:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/?p=22190"},"modified":"2025-06-25T22:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T22:08:01","slug":"new-yorks-lincoln-center-stages-mahabharata-play-over-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2025\/06\/25\/new-yorks-lincoln-center-stages-mahabharata-play-over-two-days\/","title":{"rendered":"New York&#8217;s Lincoln Center Stages Mahabharata Play Over Two Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEW YORK, NEW YORK, June 25, 2025 (licolncenter.org press release): Discover a once-in-a-generation theatrical experience weaving ancient wisdom with modern spectacle in Why Not Theatre\u2019s visually stunning retelling of the Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata.<br><br>A contemporary take on a story that is over 4,000 years old and foundational to Indian culture, this tale of a family feud is an exploration of profound philosophical and spiritual ideas that are more relevant than ever.<br><br>This large-scale narrative is told in two distinct parts\u2014Part One: Karma: The Life We Inherit and Part Two: Dharma: The Life We Choose. Throughout the experience, the production undergoes an evolution in storytelling, from the most ancient and intimate to a contemporary and technologically integrated spectacle. Led by an international South Asian cast, Mahabharata presents a hybrid of cultures, balancing East and West, traditional and contemporary.<br><br>The show has been done in two parts, first on June 24 and second June 25.<br><br>Introductory video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gEV_pclbxSs\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/gEV_pclbxSs<\/a><br><br>Lavina Melwani&#8217;s marvelous blog post review: <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lassiwithlavina.com\/new-york-diary\/mahabharata-at-lincoln-center-celebrates-karma-and-dharma\/html\n\">https:\/\/www.lassiwithlavina.com\/new-york-diary\/mahabharata-at-lincoln-center-celebrates-karma-and-dharma\/html<br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lincolncenter.org\/series\/summer-for-the-city\/mahabharata-148\">https:\/\/www.lincolncenter.org\/series\/summer-for-the-city\/mahabharata-148<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, NEW YORK, June 25, 2025 (licolncenter.org press release): Discover a once-in-a-generation theatrical experience weaving ancient wisdom with modern,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22199,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22190\/revisions\/22199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}